Joomla Security Update 1.5.11

Details

Published on Wednesday, 03 June 2009 06:25

• Some values were output from the database without being properly escaped. Most strings in question were sourced from the administrator panel.
• A XSS vulnerability exists in the JA_Purity template which ships with Joomla! 1.5.
• A XSS vulnerability exists in the user view of com_users in the administrator panel.
  

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• [20090603] - Core - Frontend XSS

  Posted: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:56:53 +0000

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: Site client
  • Severity: Low
  • Versions: 1.5.10 and all previous 1.5 releases
  • Exploit type: XSS
  • Reported Date: 2009-May-05
  • Fixed Date: 2009-June-02

  Description

  Some values were output from the database without being properly escaped. Most strings in question were sourced from the administrator panel.

  Affected Installs

  All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.10 are affected.

  Solution

  Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.11 or newer).

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• [20090602] - Core - ja_purity XSS

  Posted: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:56:42 +0000

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: ja_purity
  • Severity: Moderate
  • Versions: 1.5.10 and all previous 1.5 releases
  • Exploit type: XSS
  • Reported Date: 2009-April-06
  • Fixed Date: 2009-June-02

  Description

  A XSS vulnerability exists in the JA_Purity template which ships with Joomla! 1.5.

  Affected Installs

  All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.10 are affected.

  Solution

  Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.11 or newer).

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• [20090601] - Core - com_users XSS

  Posted: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:56:25 +0000

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: com_users
  • Severity: Moderate
  • Versions: 1.5.10 and all previous 1.5 releases
  • Exploit type: XSS
  • Reported Date: 2009-April-30
  • Fixed Date: 2009-June-02

  Description

  A XSS vulnerability exists in the user view of com_users in the administrator panel.

  Affected Installs

  All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.10 are affected.

  Solution

  Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.11 or newer).